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Title: JEMS.com - Volume 147 - April 20, 2006 - Member News

JEMS.com Member News April 20, 2006 Volume 147 To view this newsletter online, go to http://www.jems.com/newsletters/JEMS.com-Member-News-Volume147 Mumps outbreak now in 8 states Cartoon of the Week According to the CDC in the April 7 MMRW, an average of 265 mumps cases have been reported each year in the United States since 2001. However, by April 12, 2006, 605 suspect, probable and confirmed cases had already been reported this year in Iowa alone. Mumps is an acute viral infection characterized by fever and nonsuppurative swelling of the salivary glands; an estimated 20 to 30 percent of cases are asymptomatic. Complications ... Full Story Review the Mumps Q&A for Health Professionals on the CDC Web site Steve Berry is the author of the EMS cartoon book series I'm Not an Ambulance Driver, available at ... www.iamnotanambulancedriver.com Sponsored by Healthware Solutions All modules in EMS Solution 2000 Suite™ are simple, logical, and intuitive to minimize training and optimize speed and accuracy. Designed from a customer-based medical, legal, and reimbursement perspective, EMS Solution 2000 Suite provides invaluable modules and wizards to easily fulfill your needs for future planning, protocol compliance monitoring and development, growth management, unit placement and staffing, QA and improvement, customer satisfaction, and much more! For more information, visit www.healthwaresolutions.com Ask the Educator Experience & Distractions By Paul Werfel In the past month, I received the following two letters. I think both are important aspects of education to share with other readers. Dear Paul: I'm a new EMT living in Vermont. I'm very interested in becoming a paramedic, but there are no paramedic training programs ... Full Column Read other JEMS.com original columns From the Pages of JEMS Leadership Sector: CMS Opinion Frees Up Ambulances By Gary Ludwig, MS, EMT-P JEMS April 2006 Imagine a nursing shortage, add the closing of a thousand hospitals and another thousand emergency departments (EDs) in the past decade, throw in patients who use 9-1-1 as their introduction into the health-care system, and you have a prescription for a system breakdown. Crews sit in EDs for hours with patients on their stretchers, waiting for a bed to ... Full Story Visit the JEMS page on JEMS.com JEMS.com Tip of the Week Exercise - Every Little Bit Helps By Rick Patrick Twenty minutes a day can keep weight gain away. Yes, 20 minutes of time devoted to some form of exercise can maintain or reduce weight gain. Added benefits are endless. 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News and Announcements: Press Release: Graham Medical poised to impact disaster relief efforts with ComfortOneT Disposable Sleeping Bag with Pillow Conference Registration Reminder: Register Now: Fire-Rescue Med, April 22-26, 2006 [Chicago] Commission OKs locators for county ambulances in Tenn. [Tennessee] Pa. medic units hit hard, fire chief says [Philadelphia] Contract would increase price for ambulance ride in Oregon [Portland, Oregon] Words That Should Be in the EMS Dictionary But Aren't Pre-ictal — Submitted by Jason Krout Condition in which the patient feels as though they are going to have a seizure. A prefix of "pseudo" may be added if the patient has no documented history of ... 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